“The Summer Tournament!” The crowd erupted in cheers again, showering the Headmaster in praise at the announcement of the start of the event. The cheers lasted for a while until Glynda tapped The Disciplinarian once more, silencing the crowd again so they can speak again. “Thanks again Mrs. Goodwitch. I know we are all excited to see these amazing new students showcase their abilities, but we cannot watch and enjoy these matches without first understanding their purpose in today’s world. So, for those of you that do not know, we hold this event annually in order to do more than just entertain. For these bright young students, this is an incredible opportunity to prove their strengths and grow into a higher rank than that they were placed in, but this event if far more than just that. The Summer Tournament is not only meant to showcase the strength of Beacon’s incoming class, but it is also to show the determination, the wherewithal, and the bravery of the future Huntsman of Remnant!” The cheers from the crowd started up once again, however this time they died down quite fast as they anticipated Glynda’s interruption. “Now, let us finish this last bit of information before we finally begin the long-awaited Tourney, I will now give the floor to the Head Professor to alert you all of the rules of the upcoming battles.”

Ozpin took a small step back to allow Glynda the spotlight, and as he did so, Glynda uncrossed her arms and motioned for another screen to be brought up. As she did so, she began her speech with, “allow me to make this quick since most of you all have been through this before and it’s not hard to comprehend. The matches that will be taking place over the course of this weekend will be one on one matches between the incoming freshman of Beacon and as such this is the largest stage they will have been on in their lives. In order to up the intensity of these matches, each of the participants will be subject to environmental changes at random, these changes may vary from something as simple as a breeze to a wild stampede of Grimm or maybe even a Dust powered avalanche, either way the competitors must be on guard at all times if they wish to succeed.” As Glynda listed the examples of the obstacles, the holograms that broadcasted the event began showing clips and images of the various intense climate changes that the competitors may have to fight through in order to move onwards in the tourney.

Glynda then continued with, “what does succeeding look like you may ask, well a match is called once one of the participants Aura falls below a certain level or they are knocked out of the large arena that I find myself on right now. The ‘certain level’ of Aura is shown up on the screen there” Glynda said as she pointed to the holograms lining the walls of the arena, “and it is represented by the persons Aura gauge falling into the Red. Lastly, the matches that will be taking place today are all of top 64, Saturday’s matches will be top 32 and the Sweet Sixteen, therefore on our final battle day, Sunday, you will be seeing the entirety of top 8 and Grand Finales where we will crown the winner of the Summer Tournament. To all of those watching, I hope you remain entertained, and to all of those putting your hearts and bodies on the line to compete, I wish you all good luck.” And with that final note, Glynda had finished her required duties for the weekend, and she then surrounded herself in her purple, telepathic Aura and flew directly up to the sky box where (Y/N) and the rest of her lovers were seated, leaving Ozpin on the podium by himself to give the final send-off.

As the Headmaster watched Glynda float off, he took control of the crowd with a quick joke, saying, “as stern and to the point as ever I see Professor” rousing a chuckle from the crowd. “I guess it is finally time for the first matches to begin, so without further ado, let us begin our annual Summer Tournament!” As Ozpin finished up, Glynda made it to the stands, landing softer in the sky box and being respectfully greeted by each of the Huntsman that had either formerly were in her care, or just knew and respected her. They all bowed and called her Professor, Mrs., or head teacher Goodwitch, with the one person who tried to call her ‘teach’ was met with The Disciplinarian slapping roughly across his face, to which he then corrected himself.

As she was starting to converse and catch up with some of her former students, a voice that she was absolutely infatuated with spoke up, “Glynda! We’re over here! We saved you a spot” (Y/N) shouted to get the woman’s attention. Once everyone in the room heard the Professor’s first name being used, they all simultaneously flinched as they waited for the woman to erupt in anger at the Faunus that had spoken. However much to their surprise, the anger never came, instead they saw something almost more frightening than Mrs. Goodwitch’s anger, the watched as her stoic facial expression turned into one of pure joy. Once they watched the Professors frown turn upside down, eerie chills shot down their spines and they slowly waited for the world to explode and the sky to fall, but neither happened. Instead, the happy Professor walked over to the two rows filled with women, stood behind the man that had called her by name, and bent down to give him a loving kiss on his forehead.

As her lips popped off his forehead, she softly said, “it seems you made it on time Mr. (L/N) , I’m surprised you found your way here so quickly. I missed you last night” she whispered into his ear on the side where Lilith wasn’t. She continued whispering with her lips seductively pressed softly against his ear saying, “you should’ve sent yourself to come comfort me, I’ve forgotten how lonely it is to sleep without my love in my arms.”

In response to Glynda’s seductive comment, (Y/N) tilted his head up so he came face to face with the professor and he whispered, “we were both kinda busy last night, not gonna lie, I don’t think it would’ve been possible to split myself any thinner than that, but I definitely got you next time” he whispered softly with a bright smile, bringing an even brighter smile to the woman’s face.

“I might have to take you up on that offer my love, try your best not to forget about your promise. By the way, where’d the other you go?” Glynda asked the question as she removed her face from the close proximity of her Loves, choosing to sit in the seat directly behind his giving her the opportunity to play with his hair and ears.

“Oh, I’m, I mean he, is busy doing some other important stuff right now, but he’s fine so no need to worry about it.” Glynda accepted the response and started playing with (Y/N)’s ears before a ruckus suddenly growing back in the lounge area, and as Glynda turned to check and see what the ruckus was about, she noticed the two beautiful, white-haired women that walked in, and she immediately understood the cause of the issue. Her love also looked back to see what was happening and sure enough, he saw Willow and Winter walking Nobly around the room as they shook hands with the other ‘important’ people in the room., but that meet and greet was cut short as (Y/N) raised his hand to wave the mother daughter duo over. “Hey, Willow, Winter, we’re over here!” The reaction that roused from the crowd of Huntsman was the same reaction that they had once he called Glynda by her first name, and as the Schnee women walked joyfully over to the Faunus man and gave him kisses on his cheeks before sitting in the same row as Glynda as they spoke.

The surrounding onlookers watched as this seemingly random individual that none of them had ever seen before talked, laughed, and even flirted with some of the most powerful, well-known, beautiful, and, most importantly, non-sociable women on the planet, and the frightening part was that he did so with so much casualty that if they weren’t aware of who the Schnee’s and Glynda were, then they would’ve thought that it would be completely normal. On top of all of that, the three powerful women weren’t even the only women that he was flirtatiously talking with! He had a cutesy girl on his lap, another cat Faunus sitting directly on his right with his hand atop her head giving her headpats, the two exotic Faunus on his right shoulder and sitting in the seat to his left, a noble scarlet haired beauty sitting in the row directly in front of him, and gorgeous twins sitting on either side of the scarlet women. All of them were completely and utterly enthralled with the man’s presence, focusing their attention entirely on him and hanging on every word that came from his fanged mouth. It was so astonishing that instead of focusing on the matches that were soon to begin, everyone in the skybox was completely enthralled by this mysterious Faunus and the gorgeous women that he surrounded himself with.

The only thing that managed to break them from there stupors was the fact that another extremely important man walked into the room, making his presence known to everyone. “Good morning or should I say good afternoon accomplished Huntsman, how have all of you been?” Once they heated the somber voice that they had all come to know and love, everyone turned to the Headmaster and swarmed the older man. Ozpin was suddenly amidst a pool of rapidly shaking hands, moving mouths, and barely understandable words as he happily tried his best to speak with all of his former students individually, quickly catching up with everyone as he slowly went through the crowd. As he walked through the crowd, the Headmaster eventually reached the large open window that led to the skybox’s seating, overlooking the entire Arena, and once he reached the edge, he noticed the individuals sitting in the immediately following rows. “Ah, (Y/N), I can’t say I’m surprised to see you somehow weaseled your way into the VIP area” he said with a smile.

“Weaseled? I wouldn’t consider multiple invitations weaseling, but I guess you’re entitled to your own opinion” the Faunus said jokingly. “That reminds me, why didn’t you send me an invitation? I thought we were in this together Ozpin?” The first name calling got a bit of a reaction from the rest of the Huntsman, however they were used to it at this point, only now interested in the Headmaster’s response.

Ozpin started with a slight chuckle before he said, “well I would have, but Mrs. Goodwitch here insisted that she extend the invitation herself. Don’t worry, we’re still in this together” the silver haired man said as he overlooked the arena. Before anyone could respond to the Headmaster’s statement, the same announcer from before came back over the stadium’s intercom.

“It is finally time to begin our first matches of The Summer Tournament! Are you all excited!” As the announcer finally told the crowd that the matches were beginning, the impatient crowd members shouted, yelled, and cheered as the matches were finally beginning. Not waiting for the excitement to die down, the announcer began with, “Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, Humans and Faunus, I want you to prepare to put your greatest clapping hands together for the first Huntsman in training that are set to appear on this fine Summer afternoon! Our first competitor is one of incredibly impressive stature, standing tall at the height of 6’ 7’’, built from pure muscle, stronger than an ox and swifter than a rabbit, this man puts the man in the word manly! With his bonafide badass right-hand weapon in the Executioner and his hard body outfitted with the finest equipment money could buy, this incoming Freshy made quick work of his opponents in the prelims, and I am sure he’s looking to do the same again. Please put your hands together for the A-Rank powerhouse, Caaaarrrrrdddddinnnnnnnn Wiiiiinnnnchesssterrrrrr (Cardin Winchester)!!!!!!” As the announcer rumbled out the man’s name, the crowd broke out in cheers, welcoming the tall man onto the stage as he happily walked out of his archway, absorbing all of the praise he received from the audience.

Cardin walked leisurely onto the stage where he took a few test swings of his weapon of choice, a large black mace with a Red Dust Crystal at it’s center, allowing him to create some explosive attacks. Once Cardin finished his show the announcer continued, “and Cardin’s opponent is a woman that almost needs no introduction. A woman of incredibly wild strength, explosive speed, and powerful Aura, and the most frightening part about her is the fact that no one has even seen her true strength. This warrior stands at the impressive height of Six feet tall, powered by motorized leg muscles, fueled by the strength of a thousand warriors, and with sharpened fangs and an extraordinarily long, muscular tail to match, she is practically the embodiment of instinctual power in this world! With the power to annihilate every foe she’s come across in a single, ravages blow, this Warrior goes by many names, the Hunter of Huntsman, the Queen of the Hunt, even the Goddess of Warriors, but most know her by the title of the video that shocked Beacon, for the second time, to its core, The Wild Huntress! I need you all to put your paws together for the most impressive armor-less, B-Rank Huntress we have ever seen, NEEEEEYYYYYAAAAHHHHHHH PPPAAAAAANNNNNNNTTTTHHHEEERRRRAA (Neyah Panthera)!!!” To say that the crowd went ballistic would’ve been the understatement of the century, every individual in the Audience went buck, fucking, wild. Leaping out of their seats, screaming their throats raw, all before Neyah even took a step outside of her tunnel, but once she did, an earthquake shook the very foundation of the stadium.

Even though there were hundreds of thousands of people in the stadium and each of them were screaming as they watched Neyah Panthera calmly walked to the stage with her spear in her left hand, there were still only one group of voices that were heard at the forefront of the cheers.

“GOOOOO NEEEYYYAAAHHH, YOU GOT THIS!!!! HE’S NOTHING TO YOU, SHOW THAT SHIT HEAD WHOS BOSS!!”

“LIKE YEEAAAHHH NEYAH, MURDER THAT FUCKER FOR THINKING HE’S ON YOUR LEVEL/ NEYAH YOU SHOULD SO LIKE DESTROY THAT FUCKER FOR EXISTING IN FRONT OF YOU!!!!”

“WHOOOOOO NEYAH!!!!!!! PUT THAT MOTHERFUCKER IN A BODY BAG AND SHIP HIS ASS DOWN TO HELL WHERE HE BELONGS!!!!! SHOVE THAT SPEAR SO FAR UP HIS ASS THAT HE’LL BE SHITTING AURA AND TASTING METAL FOR THE REST OF HIS LAME ASS LIFE!!!!”

“SISTER, SHOW THAT BIGOTED, INTOLERENT, IMBECILIC, WEAK ASS, BITCH ASS, INSECT OF A HUMAN WHO THE FUCK IS REALLY POWERFUL IN THIS WORLD!! CUT HIS HEAD CLEAN FROM HIS BODY, DRAW HIS INTENSTINES FROM HIS STOMACH THAT HAS BEEN TORN ASUNDER, DISMEMBER EACH AND EVERY LIMB FROM HIS LIVING BODY AS YOU WATCH THE LIFE SLOWLY DRAIN FROM HIS EYES, AND ONCE HIS SOUL ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE AFTERLIFE, COMSUME IT TO ENSURE THAT HE WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE ANOTHER DAY OF REST FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! DRAIN EVERY ONCE OF BLOOD FROM HIS DESICRATED CORPSE, BURN THE DECAYING HUSK OF WHAT WAS A LOWLY HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND SHOW THE WORLD FOR ALL TO SEE NOT TO FUCK WITH YOU! PUNCH, CONCUSS, STAB, TEAR, SLASH, SUFFOCATE, BURN, DROWN, FREEZE, EVICERATE, DISMEMBER, DECAPITATE, MURDER, KILL, KILL HIM!!!! THAT RETARTED FAGGOT HAS NOTHING ON EVEN A SLIVER OF A FRACTION OF PERCENTAGE TAKEN FROM JUST A MINISCLULE PIECE OF YOUR WEAKENED POWER!!! SHOW HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE, NOT TO FUCK WITH ANYONE WHO LOVES MY MASTER!!!!!!!!!”

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“Jesus Christ Neo, calm down a little bit it’s not that serious” (Y/N) said as he pulled Neo back into his arms and placed her above his shoulders. “Also,” he began as he turned to the tall tiger woman that was screaming obscenities, had her tail wagging dangerously back and forth in excitement, and was about two seconds away from jumping into the Arena herself to kill Cardin herself, “Byakko, who taught you those words?”

“Huh? What are you referring to Master?” As if she had completely normal the entire time, Byakko turned to her Master and innocently asked the question.

“What do you mean what do I mean? The slurs!”

Byakko looked questioningly at her Master before saying, “you mean retard and faggot?”

(Y/N) facepalmed, “yes, those words. Where did you learn those words?”

“I learned them from you Master, or more specifically from your memories and the like. I’ve known everything since the day you brought me into this world. I even know the word ni-“

“No! Stop! That’s bad, don’t say those words, those are slurs and they hurt a lot of peoples feelings on a very, very, very personal level, so don’t use them, ever. You got me?”

“Of course, Master, however Remnant isn’t the same as your home-world, I doubt that those words have to same meaning here” she said matter of factly.

“That’s probably true, but I know what those words mean, so if I gotta hear them then they still uphold the same meaning.”

Byakko then understood exactly what her Master was saying, and she responded with, “oh, I understand Master. I never meant to hurt or insult you in anyway so if I did so I apologize” she said as she bowed to the Faunus, and gently rubbed her face up against his.

“No need to apologize, but I will accept your apology because it is possible that somewhere deep down inside of me there was a piece of me that was hurt by your unintentional usage of those harmful slurs. Either way, now’s not the time to be talking about feelings, the match is starting!” Neyah had already completed her walked from the archway to the center of the stage and standing angrily across from her was one Cardin Winchester, clearly pissed at the applause that she was receiving in comparison to his own. The crowd remained ecstatic as Neyah took to the stage, slamming the tip of her Spear into the ground as she stared daggers into the man standing before her. She had no personal issue with the Armored douche Cardin that faced her, but he was her opponent and prey, so she showed the face of a predatory prepared to strike. But even more than both of those things combined, he was an obstacle that stood in her path, preventing her from standing by her lover’s side in S-Rank, therefore she would do anything necessary to clear this obstacle.

As Cardin glared back at the Faunus women, a nasty smirk found it’s way across his lips and he began twirling his mace around in expert fashion, saying, “yo, animal lady, I don’t know how you thought this was going to end for you, but I promise it won’t be very pretty.” Neyah didn’t so much as twitch at her target’s comments, not moving a single muscle as all of her focus was entirely on ending this match as swiftly as possible to meet back up with her lover and showing off her incredible strength. Seeing as he got no reaction, the man continued, “you may think that your strong but you’re not, in fact you aren’t even strong enough to be considered for this event. The victory’s that you’ve been given have all been shitty flukes that prove nothing of true strength. Everyone you’ve faced up until now has been nothing in comparison to those that you will come to fight from here on out. Actually, never mind, disregard that last comment since it’s not even possible for you to get passed me.” Still nothing from Neyah. “Have you ever wondered why there are so few animals, excuse me, I mean Faunus, that are Huntsman? No, you haven’t, but I know the truth. It’s because they are weak, it’s because you and your kind are weak. How can animals be hunters when we all know that they are the hunted! In front of me you are no more than livestock, a freebie to let me move into the next round, and that is what every animal is when faced up against a Human!”

“……” Even against the worst of his threats and provocation, Neyah remained steady, silent, and undeterred. A single head of her long double-sided spear remained poised in the concrete, her grip never loosened or tightened from its handle, and her eyes never left her target, her obstacle, her prey. After Cardin’s little speech finished, the ground around the two of them began to shift, shaking the stage like an earthquake was occurring directly beneath their feet. The large circular stage soon became small as the rest of the platform surrounding them receded and transformed into a brand-new environment of neither of their choosing. Out of half of the silver stage rose a dense forest of greenery and on the other half of the stage a stone mountainous structure formed, covering the ground in sharp stone pillars and jagged edged rocks. The dense forest was at Cardin’s back, with the stone mountain being behind the Faunus Women, and once the stage transformations finished, the announcer was back on his microphone.

“Neyah Panthera versus Cardin Winchester! With the jagged mountains at Neyah’s back and the dense forest behind Cardin, it is finally time for our first match of the Sumer Tournament to begin! Neyah Panthera are you ready!” No response. “I’ll take that as a yes! Cardin Winchester are you ready!”

“I’m gonna tear this bitch to shreds!”

“A simple yes would’ve sufficed! Alright, at the sound of the bell the match will officially begin so you must both be prepared, let the matches begin!” As soon as the announcer said his final line the entire stadium went silent, Cardin got into his battle-ready stance with his mace in both hands like a baseball bat, and Neyah remained as she had been before, still poised and ready to strike.

“At the start she’ll try her best to get into the woods where she’s probably most comfortable and then she’ll wait for me to come to her. She knows that she’s no match for me to hang to hand combat, so she’ll try to play hit and run from the trees and slowly drag my Aura down to red, but what she won’t know is that I can simply blow the entire forest up! I’ll use my mace to set the forest ablaze while she’s in the trees and when she tries to escape the flames, I’ll catch her off guard and maybe get a few cheap shots off on her. Either way, by then it’s just down to strength and in a battle of strength I cannot lose. It’s already my win!” Cardin completed his battle strategy in the short time while the stages were rising and the commentator was giving the final match announcement, and while he waited for the bell to sound, he thought, “the first move is to make a massive explosion that gives her an excuse to immediately dodge and make a run for the woods, after that it will be game over.” The Panther Faunus and the armored human sat in silence for a while, the entire crowd on the edge of their seats waiting for the match to begin. Cardin’s grip on his weapon tightened and beads of sweat dribbled down his forehead as he waited for the inevitable to begin.

DING!

The instant the monotone beep echoed through the arena, with all of his strength Cardin slammed his weapon against the ground and shot his Aura through his weapon to activate the Red crystal at its center, once ground met mace a massive Boom bellowed through the now cheering crowd and Cardin’s victory plan had been put into motion. However there was only one small problem that he didn’t fully register, once the Bell rung, and he began to attack the floor, the women that glared at him with so much distaste had suddenly disappeared, and as the fire bagna erupting from the center of his attack he felt something incredible wrong with his body. A sharp pain suddenly erupted from his back, lifting him from his feet, and sending him soaring through the flames of his own attack, straight towards the mountains. “Huh?” was all he managed to think as his armored body twirled through the air, eventually slamming against the ground multiple times until he was stopped against a jagged pillar. “What just happened” he managed to think, but that was the last thought he would have before unconsciousness. He dizzily looked over to where he was launched from and as his brain began registering what was happening in front of him, a gorgeous dark-skinned woman with a fierce expression was bulleting towards him, practically flying from the way she was speeding across the ground. The pitiful Cardin didn’t even have another moment to think as the Faunus women with her spear primed in her grip was in front of him in what felt like an instant, and in that same instant she used all of her speed and momentum to shove her weapon directly at his plated chest, instantly piercing the armor, but luckily shattering the rock he was crashed against as well.

Neyah’s spear shattered Cardin’s Aura covered armor, causing his Aura to deplete to zero, and due to the incredible force of the attack, the jagged pillar that he was posted on was crushed as well, sending the man’s, now unconscious, body soaring through the air yet again. However, this time, his rag dolling form was met with nothing but the harsh ground as his body skid across the floor, eventually stopping as it met the large wall that separates the Audience from the competitors. It took a moment for everyone to register what had just happened, but the Announcer was the first to break the silence as he yelled, “the victor of this match is Neyah Panthera!” The moment he gave the news, the crowd erupted in cheers, shouts, and chants as they sung Neyah’s praises. “What an incredible showing of amazing speed and power! She managed to defeat Cardin in only two strikes, that’s one more attack than her usual, but that is about hundred times less than any other contestant up till this point! Let us take a look at the replay to see what really went down!” Neyah wasted no time getting off the stage, she quickly walked off the platform, completely unbothered by the chants, and walked back into the tunnel she came from.

Up on the screen, the crowd watched in ultra-slow motion as Neyah dashed behind Cardin as his mace was about to crash against the floor and they saw Neyah slash her spear against his back like he was a baseball and she was carrying a bat, the swing sent him flying and she immediately followed after him with her spear poised to pierce his chest. If the rock hadn’t shattered behind him, Neyah’s spear inevitably would have stabbed the man through the chest, unless of course the Faunus women stopped the strike just short of his skin. After the review, Neyah’s victory was determined to be caused by Aura depletion instead of the ring-out due to Cardin’s Aura being shattered before he flew out of the ring. Why is that important? Because the hundreds of examiners watching the entire event unfold use that type of information to create scores of the individuals that they are testing, strength, speed, intellect, and numerous other factors went into their calculations to determine whether or not a person should be able to Rank-Up.

Once the replays and everything else had died down, the next two contestants were announced to be two unknown A-Rank individuals named Forrest Green and Ocean Blue, that is to say, two john doe types that kept the audience semi-entertained and grounded their expectations for the other matches. They also made the rest of the audience realize how powerful and quick Neyah really was, and although the two of them had a fairly pitched battle, Forrest Green was able to come out on top due to his type of advantage, weapon type advantage. After that match, Neyah showed up in the skybox in dramatic fashion, kicking the door open and yelling about where her darling was at, so nothing too out of the ordinary. The other Huntsman that was in the room congratulated her on her win, which she accepted but more brushed off as she saw her group of Lovers, swiftly sitting with them as they waited for the next match to start. The next match had Lie Ren taking on some random person and he was able to swiftly defeat his opponent via Aura depletion, hiding his presence completely and utilizing hit and run techniques. The next match was two more randoms, a canine Faunus named Daisy Duke and a human named David Duke, no relation. Daisy bested David in a phenomenal and exciting way, leading to a standing ovation for the Faunus woman.

The next 5 matches went by without anyone of note taking part, but the one that followed the fifth match was Yang versus a random guy, and that match was an absolute slaughter. Yang pummeled the poor man to the point where even the crowd began to feel a but bad for him, but none the less, Yang won via Aura Depletion and moved soundly onto the next round. (Y/N) sent her a congratulations message that she read but never responded too, and the next 6 more matches contained nothing of note and after it the intermission began, giving everyone an opportunity to go somewhere else for a while, and after they came back an exciting match was announced. “I hope you all enjoyed your break and got all of your snacks situated, because we are getting right back into the action! Coming to the stage is the speedy quick, lightning fast, master of the dagger, A-Ranker, Russel Thrush!” The announcer yelled and the audience clapped and cheered as the mohawked man walked to the stage, daggers in each hand, attention poised on the entryway of his opponent.

“And his opponent is a woman that’s strength, power, and poise shocked Beacon to its very core. With speed faster than the eye can blink and power far outclassing all of her pool’s members, this individual has struck an icy fear into the hearts of those that are unfortunate enough to reach her gaze. In her first match she almost killed one of the strongest A-Rankers of this incoming class and he only lived by the grace of her overpowering, but apologetic strength! This Panther Faunus is the twin sister of the Wild Huntress, is a woman known by many titles, but none as iconic as the name bestowed upon her by the one, she almost ended. Amidst his fading conciseness, July Augustine was asked what he had been attacked by, what manner of being managed to put him in so much pain, and he responded… the Ice Queen. Ladies and Gentlemen! Please welcome to the stage the one who shocked the world, the beautiful, the lovely, the powerful, The Ice Queen, B-Rank Nieva Panthera!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The crowed went ballistic yet again, erupting in animalistic shouts, roars, and even confessions of love, but once again (Y/N) and his lovers went harder than anyone else, making their voices heard even through the blanket of noise caused by thousands of chanting people. Although, at the same time (Y/N) did think, “what was with that introduction?” Nix’s match went about as well as one would expect, once the DING sounded, she rushed in against her daggered opponent, and slashed him twice before he was able to react, depleting his Aura immediately and ending the match. The crowd loved it, the lovers loved it, and Nix swiftly exited the stage, soon arriving in the Skybox with the rest of her lovers. The rest of the matches went as follows, 3 random matches then Nora clobbering a poor fellow, 2 randoms then Ruby showing off against some girl, 7 matches then two Faunus facing off against one another, and then the final official tournament match of the evening was Weiss versus a pompous looking prick named Sky Lark. The Lovers cheered Weiss on in exuberant fashion, with Willow and Winter finally breaking their characteristic Schnee façade in order to cheer on their family member, and Weiss of course did not disappoint in the slightest, destroying her opponent in a few quick moves, not using her Semblance at all.

After Weiss’s match everyone was prepared to leave, but then they heard the announcement that there would be one final event for the night, and that event was a skills showcase presented by Mistral’s pride and joy, Pyrrha Nikos. When Pyrrha took the stage, it was almost as if no other exciting matches had happened that day, the crowd was ecstatic at her appearance and Pyrrha smiled and waved in return. The skills showcase in essence was just 10 no names trying their hardest to combine strength to best Pyrrha in combat, and due to the nature of the event, everyone knew that wasn’t going to happen. Pyrrha proved herself to be untouchable, easily moving through and altering the attacks of everyone around her, orchestrating the combat exchange like a beautiful dance that had been choreographed beforehand. Ten by Ten they tried, and One by One they fell, each quickly reaching red Aura levels and being forced out of the fight until none remained, leaving Pyrrha the untouched, invincible victor of the bout. It was then announced that Pyrrha was going to be the ‘Final Boss’ of sorts for the Summer Tournament, meaning that the one who wins the top 8 to become the champion would actually have to fight Pyrrha after the fact which kept things interesting to say the least.

After the event wrap up all of the Lovers said a quick goodbye to Ozpin and the other Huntsman before leaving the room to get Weiss, and once they found her, they all celebrated in fantastical fashion before heading to sleep to do the same thing the next day. They split rooms as they did the night before and once they woke up they pretty much repeated the same things that they did the previous day, bypassing the crowds going to the Arena, going up in the skybox to snack on foods and converse with the Huntsman to learn a bit more about the world, and watching the matches unfold from the stands, cheering on their lovers and friends from above. Today’s Tourney was a bit different from the previous day as each of the winning fighters had to battle twice before they were able to rest, which was an additional challenge of it’s own. The environmental changes were more severe in the top 32, but in the sweet sixteen/top 16 they introduced Grimm into the equation. However, there was only one per environment and they were completely confined to that space and couldn’t leave it, so the only way the fighters would encounter them was going in those zones.

Nix and Neyah both advanced to top 8 easily, beating both of their opponents swiftly by attacking them the instant the bell sounded and hitting them with powerful attacks thereafter. Yang was able to do the same thing without issue, however she punched someone into one of the environments and felt the need to save them from the prowling Beowolf, while Ruby struggled a bit because of her desire to clear the Grimm before they fought and subsequently getting snuck up on afterword, but she was able to clutch it out in the end. Weiss cleared both of her opponents with ease, except for the fact that she ended up utilizing her Semblance for the first time against her second opponent. Lie Ren was able to win using his Semblance to his advantage in the environment and Nora smashed her first opponent and shot grenade launcher shots at her second enemy until she shot her out of the ring. The last entry into the top 8 was the Faunus woman from before, Daisy Duke whose Semblance looked to have something to do with her ability to either bring things back to her, or steal stuff, (Y/N) wasn’t exactly sure what the specifics of it was since he was just watching from afar and didn’t want to observe her because it would ruin the fun of the whole wildcard in top 8. So, with that, the top 8 for the following day had been determined and the bracket was swiftly made directly after the last match of the day.

The Summer Tournament Finalists, the 8 most powerful people that had entered into the event were as follows; Nieva Panthera, Neyah Panthera, Daisy Duke, Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose, and Weiss Schnee. The bracket for the following day was first Nix versus Ren, second Weiss versus Nora , third Daisy versus Ruby, and finally Yang versus Neyah. All in all, after meeting up with them they were all proud of themselves for making it this far and it seemed like the Nix and Neyah relaxed slightly since they knew that they had achieved their main goal in getting into top 8 to become S-Rank students, but they still hadn’t given up on beating Pyrrha one on one. That night, the lovers spent a lot of time celebrating in a very pleasurable way as both a reward for how far they’ve come and as a way to relax their bodies and minds for the event that was to come.

The following morning was a blur and soon (Y/N) and the rest of his non-participant lovers were back in the skybox, sitting in their seats in an oddly quiet manner which surprised the other guests, but they soon understood why as the 8 finalists were all brought onto the stage. Standing side by side, the announcer began his speech with, “If you all would please give a resounding round of applause for our top 8 Finalists! They’ve worked so hard and have shown their remarkable strength and power throughout the duration of this tournament, and although there may only be one winner, we know for sure that this group has surpassed all of those that came before them and have earned their spots as the highest Ranked members of this prestigious Academy!” The crowd clapped and cheered as they showered the finalists with praise, instantly gratifying all of the hard work and effort that it took to get to this point, and as the crowd began to die down the announcer spoke up, “now let us finish the most exhilarating Summer Tournament in Beacon’s history!”